My name is Hannah Griffin, or for the next 18 months, Hermana Griffin! I am serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Madrid, Spain and I will be serving from October 2014- April/May 2016.

Monday, November 17, 2014

spiritual giants

Hello Friends!

I made it to the CCM! I’m in the Abinadi
District. We currently have 46 missionaries here. We have 4 French speaking
missionaries, 9 Russian speaking +33 Spanish.. We have missionaries from all
over the world, currently from England, New Zealand, Albania, France, Canada
and the US. Mi compañera es Hermana J. She’s the absolute best. I met her when
I was picking up my visa for Spain & I hoped we’d be companions. I’m so
blessed to work with her. We constantly strengthen each other and encourage
each other to do better. We teach so well together & enjoy every moment we
have together.

Every Saturday we are
assigned a temporary companion & go teach in one of the most common &
popular parks in Spain. Even with our little knowledge of Español we are able
to teach so much, without a doubt because of the help of the Holy Ghost.

The food is so good
here! I’m sure I will gain so much weight in the CCM, but that’s ok. Seriously delicious
and I hear the CCM food isn’t as good as typical Spanish food. The soup is
strange though. They cook any vegetables & then puree them so its soup
consistency. But, they do the same with the fruit and make juice and it’s delicious!

The teachers &
atmosphere in the CCM is unbelievable. There is music every morning & night
that plays throughout the building. I love, love, love, going to sleep to the
Mormon Tabernacle choir singing “Abide With Me”. My district is so great too.
Elder K our district is so funny& keeps us all focused as well as being
related to Spencer W and Heber C. Elder Kn is 24 and is from England and has
been a member for just over one year. Elder P and Elder S are the zone leaders
for the whole CCM. Elder P is a totally a Cali. “surfer” guy. Elder S is 6’7”
and is like a big brother even though he is just barely 18 years old! Hermana F
and Hermana W are the music coordinators. Hermana F is 20 and is 6”2”. She is
my favorite! She is my go to person for everything, especially spiritual
things. She’s so sweet & such a great friend and missionary, her parents
are mission presidents in the states too! Hermana W is a sweetheart . Next week
they will get a 3rd companion Hermana O’

I’m so blessed to be here
with these wonderful people. Our district set a goal to bare our testimonies
this past fast Sunday in Spanish. Here it is for you all. It’s pretty simple,
so if you need to, I’m sure Google translate will be fairly accurate.

I
love you & pray for for you often. Thank you for your wonderful e-mails. If
you’d like to write to me, mail is better because I have more time to write
letters; then to read e-mails y respond I love you have a wonderful week!Hermana Griffin